Fatherhood

Sennet Tiernan Timmermans
Born 6/22/09

11:10am Seattle WA

9lbs 12oz.

22˝ long

9 on the APGAR scale

We went in yesterday afternoon around 4pm. Contractions really started around 2am this morning. By 8am Stacie was pushing in earnest. 11:10 our boy was born.

Mom and the kid are doing great. Dad is greatly relieved.

More later, we're both exhausted. (She much more than me, of course...).

(Also, pix of Stacie and the baby together will come later... she made me promise not to post any of her until she gave her approval of them...)

KJT - Seattle (2009)

UPDATE:
Here's a great shot of Stacie & Sennet (and it's Stacie approved!):

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Viva Ziya!

"Young is the one who plunges into the future and never looks back."

- Milan Kundera, Czech writer/philosopher (1929—)

UPDATE: Ziya Zappa, RJ and KM are now back at home and (hopefully) resting comfortably. The new kid had quite a momentous and terrifying birth. I'll not go into details, but it's enough to say we are all thanking whatever higher power we believe in for smiling down upon our friends. They were, however, given the green light from the doctors so all seems well. May their days be filled with wonder and joy, their nights filled with peace and love, and their lives long, interesting, and full of adventure.

Cheers, friends!

KJT - Seattle (2008) Photos by the family

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Ziya Zappa May

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

- Frank Zappa, American composer & musician (1940-1993)

Welcome to the world! Cigars are in order.

My good friends, RJ & KM, had their baby boy last night (June 9th, 2008) at 7:01 PM. "Ziya Zappa" weighed in at 8.4lbs and he was 20.5 inches. Ziya: gender=masculine, derived from Arabic (diya) meaning "splendor, light, glow." Congrats to both of them, especially KM for going through 28 HOURS of labor. Good grief!

I raise my glass to all three of them, Sláinte!

KJT - Seattle (2008)

Photo by Stacie, from Havana (2004)

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